Thanks for all the reply's. Zig, km9 , I don't know about that
sharing part :).
The xyl was very understanding. When I mentioned about putting up
a bigger antenna and why ( always try to explain ) her response was
I always told you bigger was better...and to think all these years
I did not know she knew anything about amateur radio !
73
charles/kk5oq
> Hi Charles,
>
> I think that your choice (OptiBeam OB12-4) is excellent, as saw I in
> our club it is well designed and well made. In despite we too have
> severe winds at Adriatic Sea coast with gusts up to 120 mph, we put it
> on top of 40' self supporting tower. I think it is excellent
> compromise between price/features., and if I had some more money I'd buy
> it as well.
>
> 73 Mirko, S57AD
>
>
>
> kk5oq@datastar.net pravi:
>
>>I am coming up on retirement after 32 years in the .mil world.
>>I want to put up a self supporting crank up type tower (70') and a
>>40-10 meter non trap type yagi beam antenna. I looked at the
>>Optibeam 40-10 antenna and it appears to be well made/designed.
>>The wind speed down her is said to be 100mph. This was based on
>>some 50 year study and had something to do with hurricane's.
>>We seldom get 60mph burst of winds during bad tstorms.
>>The eye of katrina was just a few miles west of me.
>>I have always used homebrew cut dipoles and verticals.
>>I need to start making some points in the contest ( rtty )
>>and improve on the dxcc count ( 309 worked rtty ).
>>Your advice will be much appreciated. I don't want to cut cost
>>just to get a beam in the air but on the other hand I don't want
>>to overkill on the cost if their is such a thing dealing with
>>tower antennas.
>>Thanks in advance.
>>73
>>charles/kk5oq
>>
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